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Pop's Rap, Pt. 2/Fatherhood
Common; Lonnie "Pops" Lynn
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Hey, hey ol' bean
And you too baby sweets
I'm back in the studio
You know I drove up in the parking lot
And the parking lot was empty
Weren't no cars out there
Like wasn't nobody even in here
All the doors were locked from the inside
But I found a window cracked on the first floor
So now I'm in here
Let's rap
So I come in here to talk to my son, you know
For, for this next album he got coming out
You know, it's been such a spiritual feeling
I had to come back in the studio
Just to see what he was doing
'Cause I was getting those vibes
All out in the Rocky Mountains
See I got to go, you know
I understand I'm finna be a grandfather
And I'm so proud
I can say that in many ways
I can say I'm so happy, I'm so proud, you know
Son I won't give you, you know
Any direction in parenting at this stage
Because I think it's gon' come to you
Just like it came to me
See you came to me and your mom from the spiritual world
We just the physical parents, you know
God loaned you to us as God's spirit
We the physical parents, you know
Like I said, I'm not gon' give you no directions, you know
But I know when you start teaching me
See we talk about the life and education of one lining man
I think I'm the one that got taught
I do believe that son, you know
And I know when you started teaching me too
You know I was hanging out, mad at the world
My professional basketball career was over
And I didn't believe in the red, white, and blue anymore
And I was dissipating heavily
I wasn't experimenting, you know
And one morning you just looked across the table at me
And it was like, what
What you gon' be, what you gon' do
You got the responsibility to teach me the right things
You got the responsibility to teach me truth
And respect and love
And safety, you know
And my knees started getting a little stronger, you know
I said, I can't get past these eyes man
It's just, just the eyes of a babe looking at me
And I couldn't look it off, I couldn't even play it off, you know
And immediately I start getting to the road map
Saying like, how am I gon' do this, you know
I had to thank the almighty for the strength
That he sent to me through you
So I'm here to say, you know, thank you son
I'm here to say I'm so proud
And numerous other things
'Cause you've been a teacher to me
Just like I have supposed to have been a teacher to you
'Cause a lot of people think that parenting
And raising a child is a one way street
But you taught me continuous, numerous lessons
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And I love you my son
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